Mohave County miner., 1887-11-19

two SECTIONS thle morning - USUAL.
Fort Candy, al the mouth Of the Colum
bia River, has been abandoned as mill.
tary post.
w. X. Tsssart 4 Co. are nov recsiving
ordsrs for Thanksgi wing turkeys. Send In
your order soon.
Captain Layns has sold 375 feet In the
Rough ASHER mimi. Todd Basin, 70 John
MoriAsy for $500; also the same amount
70 john Winston fos . similar considsr.
alton.
Iha railroad company has sent osdsrs
70 Agsnt Copeland TO let the citi1sna
have enough coal ont Of the company'a
supply TO keep them going until they can
have more.
Messrs. Twisss and Campbell have
taken contract 10 sink the main shaft ol
the Keystone mine another City feet and
are hard At work on IL. They have six or
ssen men employed.
County Recorder Goldman Ii rsspon-
sibls for the statement that several
bushels OF hickory nuts were found forty
feet below the surface In the new well
now being sunk at Truxton for the rail.
road company.
Watkins Bros., at the Kingman drug
store, handle none but the best grades Of
cixars In the market. They are retailing,
among many other choice brands, the
well known Key West Cigars at two for
twenty-five cents.
Kingman now boasts a chain gang, and
all tramps, drunks and bad Indisns arc
entitled 10 . place in II. Sheriff Steen
intends to have the streets Of the town
cleaned up in good shape. and he intends
| to make the vags do II.
Kinznan wants bank. A good busi.
ness could be done here in county war.
rants, making advances on ore shipments,
discounting checks. loaning money and
numerous other ways in which banking
institutions become wealthy.
The law card Of Howard & Baldwin,
attorneys at Law, appears in this Issue.
The gentlemen composing this firm are
we'll known in Northern Arizona, and
they will doubtless secure Q large amount
of business in the northern district.
Two Wsllapai Indians named "Bill''
and Hardy were brought up in the
JUSTICES Court on Thursday and sen
fenced to ten days in the County Jail for
being drunk and disorderly. Shsrifl
Stesn has annexed them to his chain
gang.
Our Needles correspondent makes the
assertion that one or two OF the postal
clerks on the A.. Il p. are Republicans.
We dent believe il. II they were thsy
would be able 10 read and tell from the
address on letter whether IL was des-
tined for the East or West.
The property belonging 10 the Estate oI
John N. Berry, deceased, comprising the
drug store, together with the building IN
the rear, was sold at auction on Monday
last on behalf Of the Estate. The price
realized was $3.50, which il considered
very low. r. D. Berry, brother Of the
deceai'sd. was the purchaser.
All citizens of the county are cordially
invited to attend the races to be held at
Peach Springs Thanksgiving Day. when
the citizens Of that place will endeavor to
make their visit agreeable and pleasant.
Our old.time fellow citizens, Mickey and
his boys, are especially invited TO attend.
| BY order Of Committee.
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Websser's Dictionaries, worth go, and 4
Dictionary Holders, worth $3.50, given
~ pri,ses for best essays answering the
question "Why should use Dictionary
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Chicago, the maker Of Dictionary Holders.
Or inquire at your bookstore.
A young fellow put in an appearance at
the house Of Mr.. and Mrs. Bell In this
town last Sunday and quietly informed
the household that he intended to have
free beard and lodging for . while. Con.
sidsring that he only weighed nine
pounds. his parents have concluded TO lei
him stay until he 10 big enough 10 lick tbs
old man.
Houses don't rennain vacant very many
days in Kingman. Mr.. KuSncer moved
out Of one Of Mr.. Tsgaan's houses on
Wednesday night and on the following
morning Mr.. Luthy and wife moved In,
having had the house engaged for nearly
two months. All Of which shows tha,
Kingmsn 10 thriving town.
An agreement has been placed on
record by which R. G. Patterson and Sol
C. Rowe agree to deed to Milton WEIGH.
9. H. Kinney, Chss. Long. L. B. Austin
and J. G. Adkins . ons-half interest In
the o. K, Exchange and Excelsior mines
In Gold Basin when they shall have Ok.
psnded two thousand dollars IN sinking
shafts on the mines and erected a
fifteen stamp mill on the property.
Msssrs. Richards, Corn d Co., Of the
American Flag mine, shipped car load
Of 3OO-ouncs silver ore TO tho Pueblo
Public sanpling Works last Tuesday az
an experiment. We understand that ore